Paravur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. D. Satheesan of INC.
Paravur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Paravur | Municipality | Paravur |
| 2 | Chendamangalam | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 3 | Chittatukara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 4 | Ezhikkara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 5 | Kottuvally | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 6 | Puthanvelikkara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 7 | Varappuzha | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 8 | Vadakkekara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | N. Sivan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. A. Damodara Menon | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. T. George | 1967 – 1970 | ||
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | Xavier Arakkal | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | A. C. Jose | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Sivan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | P. Raju | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 2,01,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. D. Satheesan | 82,264 | 51.87 |  5.17
| |
| CPI | M. T. Nixon | 60,963 | 38.44 | 4.59
| |
| BDJS | A. B. Jayaprakash | 12,964 | 8.17 |  9.33
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.70 | − | |
| BSP | N. K. Biju | 724 | 0.46 | 0.11
| |
| Independent | Sathyaneasan | 287 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Prasanth | 279 | 0.18 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 21,301 | 13.43 | 0.58
| ||
| Turnout | 1,58,594 | 78.78 | 5.16
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.17
|
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There were 1,91,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. D. Satheesan | 74,985 | 46.70 | 5.08
| |
| CPI | Sarada Mohan | 54,351 | 33.85 | 10.06
| |
| BDJS | Hari Vijayan | 28,097 | 17.50 | − | |
| SDPI | Faizal | 923 | 0.57 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 900 | 0.56 | − | |
| BSP | Sijikumar K. K . | 557 | 0.35 | 0.06
| |
| Independent | Shinsa Selvaraj | 302 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | Sathyaneasan | 261 | 0.16 | − | |
| CPI(ML)L | Jose Thomas | 200 | 0.12 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 20,364 | 12.85 | 4.98
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,576 | 83.94 | 0.26
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.08
|
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There were 1,71,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. D. Satheesan | 74,632 | 51.78 | − | |
| CPI | Pannian Ravindran | 62,955 | 43.91 | ||
| BJP | E. S. Purushottaman | 3,934 | 2.73 | ||
| Independent | K. K. Jyothivas | 754 | 0.52 | − | |
| Independent | P. P. Raveendran | 493 | 0.34 | − | |
| BSP | M. Manoj | 414 | 0.29 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,349 | 7.87 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,124 | 84.20 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
